LongHanded - Hockey rants somewhere between Don Cherry and someone coherent.

I’ve been a die-hard Canucks fan for 19 years now, so I’m used to my fair share of disappointment. No matter how rosy the outcome looks, there’s a part of me that just knows that it won’t work out. …

For the past number of years, Deadline Day has been a pretty major snooze, and 2013 doesn’t look any better. The salary cap has made it more difficult to pull off major trades, and greater league parity combined with …

Trade Deadline Day was once one of the most exciting times in each NHL season where we would see a flurry of action as contenders stocked up to make their run while bottom-feeders resembled Jared Leto in the movie …

Jeremy Taggart, drummer for legendary Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace, is also a mega sports fan, and recently has been featured on a number of sports talk shows. He’s also a genuinely great guy, and one of the …

The shortened 2013 NHL season has brought a few surprises so far, like the struggles of the Washington Captials and Alexander Ovechkin, or Brad Marchand calling someone disrespectful, but for the most part, things seem to be getting back …

They are the players that you can’t stand the sight of, the guys who make you fill with rage every time you see them. The ones you hear about in the news acting like arrogant, entitled jerks who think …

Hyundai Canada recently launched a campaign known as “Hyundai Hockey Helpers,” a program that helps kids get to play hockey by providing grants for equipment and league fees. Despite the alliteration in the title that makes you sound like …

  Poor Scott Gomez. Ok, maybe not  poor as he’ll still be getting paid his gargantuan salary without having to play hockey for it, but he must be feeling pretty bad after being told to stay home until he can be …

It’s finally over. The frustratingly long and confusing NHL lockout is officially done as both sides agreed to a deal in principal to get hockey back where it belongs: on ice surfaces (sponsored by multi-million dollar corporations) and on …

As the clock winds down on the current CBA, and with seemingly no progress made in closing the gap between the owners and players, NHL fans must prepare themselves for the possibility of losing months of hockey. Again. Apparently …